Cuscuta japonica
Topic: Biology
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Cuscuta |
| Species: | C. japonica
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Monogynella japonica (Choisy) Hadac & Chrtek | |
Cuscuta japonica, commonly known as Japanese dodder, is a parasitic vine. It has been listed by the California as a noxious weed.[3] It has a range of effects on its host[4] and has repeatedly been introduced to the United States of America.[5] C. japonica looks very similar to other vines, making it difficult to distinguish.[4]
Effects on host
The Japanese dodder is a plant that parasitizes other plants. From mild development issues to serious complications sometimes resulting in death, the Japanese dodder can cause a wide spectrum of effects on its plant host.[4] Farmers in particular can be affected by this plant, as infection leads to less crops they are able to harvest.[6]
Morphology
Cuscuta japonica shares a similar morphology to vines, displaying stems that are mostly yellow with bits of red along it.[4] The Japanese dodder also exhibits small flowers that are "pale-yellow to cream"[7] in color and contain one circular stigma.[8] Any leaves it has are very small and "scale-like" in shape and texture.[4] Fruit produced are small and capsule-like, only carrying a couple of seeds.[9]
History
Cuscuta japonica can be found non-invasively in a variety of places on the continent of Asia.[9] The plant was introduced and reintroduced to the United States of America multiple times starting from the 1940s under the guise of a medicinal plant, and was thought to have been eradicated a couple of times.[5]
References
- ↑ "Cuscuta japonica Choisy". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:267500-1.
- ↑ "Cuscuta japonica Choisy". Species 2000. n.d.. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/32LTF.
- ↑ "Noxious Weed Information Project: Japanese Dodder". http://www.cdfa.ca.gov//phpps/ipc/noxweedinfo/noxweedinfo_jdodder.htm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Dara, Surendra (2011-09-01). "Japanese dodder, an exotic and noxious weed found in Santa Barbara County". https://ucanr.edu/sites/mgslo/publications/?blogpost=5667&blogasset=34227&.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Cuscuta japonica (Japanese dodder)". https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/17116.
- ↑ Kaiser, Bettina; Vogg, Gerd; Fürst, Ursula B.; Albert, Markus (2015-02-04). "Parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta and their interaction with susceptible and resistant host plants". Frontiers in Plant Science 6: 45. doi:10.3389/fpls.2015.00045. ISSN 1664-462X. PMID 25699071.
- ↑ "Dodder". March 2010. http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7496.html.
- ↑ Park, Inkyu; Song, Jun-Ho; Yang, Sungyu; Kim, Wook Jin; Choi, Goya; Moon, Byeong Cheol (2019-06-03). "Cuscuta Species Identification Based on the Morphology of Reproductive Organs and Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequences". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20 (11): 2726. doi:10.3390/ijms20112726. ISSN 1422-0067. PMID 31163646.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Japanese dodder, Cuscuta japonica Solanales: Cuscutaceae". https://www.invasive.org/browse/subinfo.cfm?sub=5446.
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